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Letters Patent .No. 75,120, dated llfarcit 3, 1868; (mtcdated February 28, 1868.

IMPROVED IRONING-STAND AND OLOTHES-DRIER.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

.Be it lrnown that I, B. S. BOYDSTOX, of Richmond, in the county of Wayne, and in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Ironing-Stand and Airing-Bars; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

In vthe annexed drawings, A A. represent two suitable bars of wood, connected the desirerldistance apart, 1

and at the proper angle,-by means of a brace, y, near the bottom, and a similar one at thetop. Crossing these bars, near the centre, are two similar bars, A A, connected by similar braces, y, .Thcse four bars are connected together by a horizontal pivot-roller, z, and when thus connected assume the appearance of the ordinary saw-buck. a a are small pieces, connecting the tops of each opposite bar, A A, and bcingpivoted to one-side they are provided with a slot at the other, to catch over a pin at the opposite side, so that. by slipping thelattcr ends of the bars from the pins the raci: may be compressed and folded together. Secured upon suitable horizontal strips and the pivot-roller, is a cloth, .E, which allows a receptacle to be formed at the upper part of the frame thus left open for the clothes when being ironed. 13 represents the usual form of an ironing-hoard,

smaller at one end than at the other, and suitably rounded. This. board has a cleat on its under part, near each end, so as to keep it in place when placed upon the slats a m ns shown, for ironing upon, and is provided with a wire stand, 0, at one end, for supporting the iron, 0. Upon the edges of each bar, A A, there aretwo or more metal keepers, g 9, into which are slipped narrow strips of wood, 02 d, which extend above the stand, and at an angle in accordance with-tho angle of the bars A A. Thesestrips are provided with a series of wire keepers, iii, and into which are passed a corresponding series of horizontal slats, fff, for supporting the clothes either after or before being ironed. G represents a bar, which is hinged at one end, near the outer end of the roller x, said bar having a spike,-z, in its lower end, so as to be passed into the floor, when the stand is in use, to hold it in the position required, and prevent jostling of the same.

when not in use, this stand is all taken apart and packed out of the way.

This arrangement is found to be a neat and handy device for the purposes for which it is designed.

Having thus full; described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The stand, composed of bars A A A A, strips a a, and clothes-receptacle, connected by means of the stay, as set forth, and provided with the ironing board B, in the manner and for the purposes described. I

2. .The combination of the bars :1 d with their keepers, and the slatsfff with the stand, as described and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my ha'nd, this 5th day of August, 1867.

BENJAMIN S. BOYDSTON.

Witnesses:

James A. MeMANUs, 'WM. H. BRADBURY. 

